Dry Distillers Grains Raise Digestibility, Feed Intake
Feeding a dry distillers grains supplement with smooth bromegrass increased total dry matter digestibility and feed intake, according to Iowa State University researchers...
Nitrogen Helps Make Bermudagrass More Digestible
Nitrogen fertilizer can increase bermudagrass digestibility, according to a study by researchers at the USDA-ARS Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA...
Tasty In Texas
Triticale, once labeled by some as a poor substitute for corn and other silages, is scoring high with Texas dairies. For David Hinders, Canyon, triticale...
Friendlier Fiber
More than a few dairy producers have experimented with cutting corn silage hybrids higher than normal in an effort to improve digestibility...
Blending Bagged Haylage
Bill Deetz doesn't have enough bunker storage for the 2,500 tons of haylage he annually harvests for his 425-cow dairy near Sugar Creek, OH. So after filling a 1,000-ton bunker silo with first-cutting haylage...
Late-Day Alfalfa Makes More Milk
Alfalfa is higher in total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) when cut in the afternoon vs. the morning, and produces more milk when fed to dairy cows....
Carbo-Loaded
High-sugar perennial ryegrasses are said to supply more energy to the rumen, converting more of the grass protein to meat and milk. High-sugar grasses...
Slow-Cooked Silage
Corn-silage quality is optimized if the crop remains in storage for three to four months before it's fed, say dairy nutritionists. Corn silage goes through four phases...
Superior Silage
Dairy producers need to do a number of things just right to put the best feed into, and take the best feed out of, their bunker silos. Two Wisconsin dairy families work hard to do just that...
Consistently Better
Matt Beckerink wants the silage for his high-producing dairy cows to be consistent, and alfalfa doesn't do well on some of his fields. That's the biggest...
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